West Bend — For the first time since it decided to change its name several years ago, the Museum of Wisconsin Art seems like an actual museum.

Although it has been researching and refining the story of art in our state for more than 20 years, the otherwise modest-sized, regional museum has not had the square footage or museum-quality space to showcase the breadth of its collection. | April 5, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(19)

Note: The sheriff's sale scheduled for April 9 has been adjourned until May 14.

Brookfield's Venice Club, a 66-year-old Italian-American restaurant, remains open for business but is in limbo after the death of its owner last year: The restaurant is in foreclosure and was scheduled to go to public auction April 9, but its operator says talks with the lender are continuing. | March 24, 2014»Read Full Blog Post(1)

After collaborating with Jimmy Fallon's house band the Roots for last fall's "Wise Up Ghost," Elvis Costello is going solo on his next tour, which takes him to the Riverside Theater June 10, a venue spokesman has announced.

Reserved seats for the show are $44.50 to $60, and available for purchase beginning at noon Friday at the box office (116 W. Wisconsin Ave.), the Pabst Theater box office (144 E. Wells St.), by calling (414) 286-3663 and visiting pabsttheater.org. | March 24, 2014»Read Full Article

Klingon Warnog -- the first officially licensed Star Trek beer -- will be available later this year. The beer is a partnership between CBS Consumer Products and the Federation of Beer, which is brewed by Tin Man Brewing Co., of Evansville, Ind. So it's also geographically near. | March 24, 2014»Read Full Article

Will one of your favorites be part of the lineup? Here's our speculative list of 25 acts likely to headline a Summerfest stage this year. All of these artists are booked for shows in the Chicago or Minneapolis markets around the time of Summerfest's run, from June 25-29 and July 1-6. | March 24, 2014»Read Full Article(9)

Jordin Sparks' other half Jason Derulo--the R&B-flavored pop singer behind top five hit songs "Whatcha Say," "In My Head" and 2 Chainz collaboration "Talk Dirty," on his forthcoming album of the same name (out April 15)--is coming to the Rave May 17. Pop singer Guy Sebastian, the first winner of "Australian Idol," opens.

Tickets are $30 to $37 and are available for purchase beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday at the box office (2401 W. Wisconsin Ave.), by calling (414) 342-7283 and visiting therave.com. | March 24, 2014»Read Full Article